Udell	Porter

Week of Nov. 26-Dec. 2: Male – Zeb Udell, Western Oregon (Jr., Dallas, OR) posted a provisional national qualifying mark in the pole vault (15-7) and also posted the best long jump (21-6 ¼) by a GNAC athlete in the UW Winter Preview. His pole vault was the seventh best indoor performance in GNAC history and his long jump tied for the ninth best mark in GNAC indoor history. Female – Sarah Porter, Western Washington (Fr., Hockinson, WA) ran a school-record time of 17:34.37 in winning the 5,000 meters at UW in her collegiate track-and-field debut. Her time is the third best in GNAC Indoor history and bettered the NCAA provisional national qualify standard by 15 seconds.

Pixler	Felt

Week of Jan. 14-20: Male – Justin Felt, Seattle Pacific (So., Eugene, OR – Churchill) finished sixth in the long jump with a leap of 22-2 ½ at the UW Indoor Preview at Seattle. Felt, who had a career-best of 22-8 ¼ last year, is one of just four athletes in GNAC history to clear 22 feet indoors in the long jump. Female – Jessica Pixler, Seattle Pacific (So., Sammamish – Eastlake) posted an NCAA Division II automatic qualifying times in the mile at UW. She finished second in a time of 4:42.65, .23 seconds off her own conference record time. She also finished second in the 3,000, in a GNAC record time of 9:32.08, eclipsing the old record by 37 seconds.

Puga	Ward

Week of Jan. 21-27: Female – Jaclyn Puga, Northwest Nazarene (Fr., Meridian, ID – Nampa Christian) placed third in the 800 meters at the Boise State Blue & Orange Classic in a NCAA Division II provisional national qualifying time of 2:17.55. Her time is the quickest so far this winter in the GNAC. She also ran a leg on NNU's 4x400 meter team that placed fifth in a school-record time of 4:02.69. Male – Mitch Ward, Northwest Nazarene (So., Nampa, ID - Skyview) finished fifth in the 400 meters in a GNAC season-best time of 50.06, improving on his own school record. Ward's time also ranks seventh all-time in the GNAC.

Peaslee	Carroll	Riak

Week of Jan. 28-Feb. 3: Female – Amy Carroll, Northwest Nazarene (Sr., Billings, MT) and Melissa Peaslee, Seattle Pacific (Fr., Fox Island, WA – Gig Harbor) . . .Carroll finished third in the shot put (42-8) and seventh in the weight throw (45-11 ¼) in the United Heritage Invitational at Nampa. Her shot put mark is the best in the GNAC this winter and ranks third all-time in the conference. It also is a NNU school record breaking the old mark by almost three feet. Peaslee added five inches to her provisional national qualifying mark in the women's pole vault, clearing 12-2 at the University of Washington Indoor. Her mark is the second best in GNAC history. Male – John Riak, Saint Martin's (Jr., Lacey, WA – North Thurston) ran the third fastest mile in GNAC indoor history at UW. He was clocked in a provisional national qualifying time of 4:12.53.

Marin	Golding

Week of Feb. 4-11: Female – Teona Golding, Seattle Pacific (Sr., Kennewick, WA) posted an automatic qualifying mark in the high jump Thursday night in the Moonlight Qualifier at the Dempsey Indoor. Golding jumped a career-best 5-9 1/4, missing the GNAC all-time record by just one-quarter of an inch. Male – Anthony Marin, Western Oregon (Jr., Salem, OR) won the men's weight throw with a toss of 61-6 3/4 Friday in the Chiles Center Indoor at the University of Portland. Marin's toss added 5 1/2 feet to his previous GNAC 2008 leading mark and was just 2 1/4 inches short of his own GNAC record of 61-9 set last year. It was also a provisional national qualifying mark.

Udell	Miller

Week of Feb. 25-Mar. 2: Male – Zeb Udell, Western Oregon (Jr., Dallas, OR - Central) added 7 ½ inches to his provisional national qualifying mark and recorded the second best indoor pole vault mark in GNAC history with a winning vault of 16-2 ¾ in the SPU Last Chance Invitational at UW Saturday. Female – Christy Miller, Western Washington (Jr., Boise, ID – Bishop Kelly) added 7 ¼ inches to her PNQ in winning the women's pole vault at UW with a vault of 12-4 ¼. Miller's mark is also the second best in GNAC history only topped by Melissa Peaslee of Seattle Pacific who won the GNAC championships two weeks ago at Nampa with a vault of 12-9.

Schantin	Registe	Brady

Week of Mar. 3-9: Male – David Registe, Alaska Anchorage (So., Palmer, AK – Colony) won the long jump at the UNLV Collegiate Classic with an automatic national qualifying mark of 24-10 ½. That is the second longest jump in GNAC history. Registe also finished third in both the 100 meters (11.06) and in the 200 meters (22.71). Female – Kim Brady, Alaska Anchorage (So., Odessa, TX) and Jeeni Schantin, Seattle Pacific (Jr., West Linn, OR). . .Brady won the women's triple jump with a provisional national qualifying leap of 38-3 ¼ and finished third in the long jump with the second longest leap in GNAC history (18-1). Meanwhile, Schantin established an automatic national qualifying mark of 148-5 in winning the javelin in the Joe Peyton Invitational at Tacoma.

Harper	Madrid	Pixler

Week of Mar. 10-16: Male – Michael Madrid, Alaska Anchorage (Sr., Anchorage, AK – East) tied school records in the 100 (10.89) and 200 (22.14) and also ran the anchor as the Seawolves ran the fastest 4x100 time (42.01) in the GNAC in five years at the Northridge Relays. His time in the 100 equals the fourth fastest in GNAC history and his 200 time ranks ninth on the GNAC Top 10 chart. Female – Jessica Harper, Western Oregon (Jr., Oregon City, OR - Clackamas) and Jessica Pixler, Seattle Pacific (So., Sammamish, WA – Eastlake). . .Harper ran an automatic national qualifying time in finishing second in the steeplechase in a three-way meet involving the Wolves, Southern Oregon and Willamette at Salem. Her time of 10:51.52 is the second best in GNAC history and eclipsed her previous provisional national qualifying time by 30 seconds. . .Pixler successfully defended her national mile title and finished third in the 800 to account for 18 of Seattle Pacific's 33 points as the Falcons finished ninth in the NCAA Division II national indoor meet at Mankato, Minn. Pixler, who has now won four national titles (two in the indoor mile, one in the outdoor 1500 and one in cross country), was clocked in 4:47.79 in the mile and 2:12.60 in the 800.

Aanstad	Massey

Week of Mar. 17-23: Male – Lloyd Massey, Western Oregon (So., Salem, OR - Sprague) finished third in the 400 hurdles (54.47) and fourth in the 110 hurdles (15.34) in the Oregon Preview Saturday at Eugene. He cut .79 seconds off his previous GNAC season-leading mark in the longer event. Massey is also the GNAC leader this spring in the shorter event with a best of 15.27. Female – Brittany Aanstad, Seattle Pacific (Fr., Lake Stevens, WA) finished third in the javelin with a NCAA automatic qualifying mark of 147-9 at the Baldy Castillo Invitational at Tempe, Ariz. Her mark ranks second in the GNAC this spring and 10th in conference history. Earlier in the week, she placed third in the heptathlon in the Big Green In the Desert Multi-Evens at Scottsdale, Ariz., with a score of 4,422, falling 18 short of the provisional national standard. Among her marks was a GNAC season-best high jump of 5-4 ¼ and a 17-0 long jump, which ranks third in the GNAC this spring.

Washington	Halvorson

Week of Mar. 24-30: Male – Sam Washington, Saint Martin's (Fr., Tacoma, WA – Lincoln) added 1 1/2 inches to his previous GNAC-best in the shot, finishing second with a toss of 48-6 ¼, in the University of Washington Preview at Husky Stadium. Female – Lexi Halvorson, Montana State Billings (Fr., Billings, MT – West) placed second in the discus with a GNAC season-best toss of 140-3 in the South Dakota School of Mines Bauer Invitational at Rapid City. Halvorson's mark was just 10 inches short of the provisional national qualifying standard.

Welling	Larson	Carr

Week of Mar. 31-Apr. 6: Male – Jordan Welling, Western Washington (Fr., Burlington, WA – Burlington-Edison) ran the third fastest 5,000 meter time in GNAC history at Stanford, placing sixth in his heat in a time of 14:34.08. Female – Laura Carr, Alaska Anchorage (Jr., South Bend, Ind.) and Jane Larson, Seattle Pacific (So., Fall City, WA – Cedar Park Christian). . .Both Carr and Larson established automatic qualifying times for the NCAA national meet at Stanford. Carr set a GNAC record in the 5,000, bettering the automatic national standard by almost 15 seconds with a time of 16:56.48, and eclipsing the old conference record of 16:59.08 set by Ashley Vincent of Western Washington in 2003. She is just the third GNAC athlete to run below 17 minutes. . .Larson finished 1.34 seconds below the automatic standard in the 1,500 with a time of 4:28.66. Her time was the third fastest in GNAC history.

Hamm	Strickler

Week of Apr. 7-13: Male – Greg Hamm, Northwest Nazarene (Sr., Hermiston, OR) posted the longest triple jump in the GNAC in four years in the Eastern Oregon Invitational at La Grande. Hamm added 13 inches to his previous career best, set two years ago, in winning the event with a provisional national qualifying leap of 47-5 3/4. It was also the third longest triple jump in GNAC history and the longest since 2004. Female – Suzie Strickler, Seattle Pacific (Jr., Richland, WA) cut 18 seconds off her previous provisional national qualifying time in establishing an automatic mark in the women's steeplechase at the 27th annual Ralph Vernacchia Invitational Track and Field Team meet. Strickler was clocked in the steeplechase in a meet-record time of 10:50.24, the second fastest in GNAC history.

Kiplagat	Brady	Puga

Week of Apr. 14-20: Male – David Kiplagat, Alaska Anchorage (Jr., Kapsabet, Kenya – Kaptuma Boys) ran the fastest steeplechase in the GNAC in six years and also posted a provisional national qualifying time in the 5,000 meters in meets at Long Beach and Walnut, Calif., respectively. On Saturday he won the steeplechase at the Long Beach State Invitational in a time of 9:07.20, cutting 10 seconds off his previous provisional national qualifying time and missing the automatic standard by two-tenths of a second. His mark ranks second all-time in the GNAC trailing only a 8:58.62 by Jason Walker of Humboldt State in 2002. He also ran a provisional national qualifying time of 14:34.42 in the 5,000 meters Thursday in the Mount Sac Relays. That time is .33 seconds off the best time this spring in the conference. Kiplagat set the GNAC record of 14:24.92 in the 5,000 last spring. Female – Ashley Puga, Northwest Nazarene (Jr., Meridian, ID – Nampa Christian) and Kim Brady, Alaska Anchorage (So., Odessa, TX). . . Puga recorded a pair of national provisional qualifying times in leading Northwest Nazarene to the women's team title in the Spike Arlt Invitational track-and-field meet Saturday at Ellensburg. She won the 1500 meters in a PNQ of 4:36.09 and also won the 3000 in a PNQ of 10:14.52. . . .Brady set a GNAC record in the triple jump and posted a provisional national qualifying mark in the long jump in the Azusa Pacific Invitational. She added 8 1/4 inches to her previous PNQ in the triple jump with a leap of 38-11 ½, eclipsing the previous GNAC record of 38-10 1/4 set by Shelley Comstock of Western Oregon in 2002. Brady added five inches to her previous GNAC season-best mark in the long jump with a leap of 18-6. That mark ranks seventh in GNAC history.

Lemay

Week of Apr. 21-27: Male – Keith Lemay, Western Washington (Sr., Lynden, WA – Lynden Christian) and Tyler Fischer, Central Washington (So., Cashmere, WA). Lemay achieved his second national provisional qualifying time of the season in winning the men's 800 in a GNAC season-best time 1:52.29 in the WWU Twilight. He now has provisional and GNAC season-best times in both the 800 and 1,500 (3:52.35). . Fischer posted provisional national qualifying marks in two events in the WSU Cougar Invitational Saturday, placing fifth in the discus (160-4) and eighth in the hammer (175-5). Female – Lyndsey McKillip, Western Oregon (Jr., Puyallup, WA – Clackamas CC) won the women's steeplechase in the Concordia/Mt. Hood Invitational Saturday in a time of 11:01.88. She shaved 16 seconds off her previous provisional national qualifying time in the event, missing the automatic standard by 1.88 seconds. Her time ranks fifth in GNAC history, though only third this spring in the conference.